Monday, September 13, 2004
Bush & GOP Choose To Let Assault Weapons Ban Expire
"I think the will of the American people is consistent with letting it expire, so it will expire."
-Senator Bill Frist on the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban.
According to some polls, "the will of the American people" that Sen. Frist refers to actually means "the will of the NRA".
A survey this spring by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center found 71 percent of the public wants the ban continued. Even a majority of gun owners (64 percent) supports it. In households with a National Rifle Association member, support shrinks to 46 percent.
In today's divided political atmosphere, 71% could rightly be called a "vast" majority.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police has been pleading for the extension of the ban, but the GOP can't be bothered to hear them.
"Today's Republican Party: Failing To Safeguard Our Nation From Threats Both Internal And External"
Would that fit on a bumper sticker?
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